National healthcare expenditures grew to $2.695 trillion in 2011, a 3.9 percent increase from $2.594 trillion in 2010, but what components of the healthcare system consumed the largest portions of NHE?
According to CMS' NHE figures released in June, hospital care represented the highest total of NHE at $848.9 billion. Here are 10 statistics on last year's NHE and what the biggest drivers of personal healthcare consumption are.
• Hospital care: $848.9 billion (32.7 percent of NHE)
• Physician and clinical services: $529.2 billion (20.4 percent)
• Prescription drugs: $269.2 billion (10.4 percent)
• Nursing care and other retirement facilities: $151.3 billion (5.8 percent)
• Other health, residential and personal care: $134.3 billion (5.2 percent)
• Dental services: $107.9 billion (4.2 percent)
• Home healthcare: $72.9 billion (2.8 percent)
• Other professional services: $70.9 billion (2.7 percent)
• Other nondurable medical products: $46.1 billion (1.8 percent)
• Durable medical equipment: $39.7 billion (1.5 percent)
According to CMS' NHE figures released in June, hospital care represented the highest total of NHE at $848.9 billion. Here are 10 statistics on last year's NHE and what the biggest drivers of personal healthcare consumption are.
• Hospital care: $848.9 billion (32.7 percent of NHE)
• Physician and clinical services: $529.2 billion (20.4 percent)
• Prescription drugs: $269.2 billion (10.4 percent)
• Nursing care and other retirement facilities: $151.3 billion (5.8 percent)
• Other health, residential and personal care: $134.3 billion (5.2 percent)
• Dental services: $107.9 billion (4.2 percent)
• Home healthcare: $72.9 billion (2.8 percent)
• Other professional services: $70.9 billion (2.7 percent)
• Other nondurable medical products: $46.1 billion (1.8 percent)
• Durable medical equipment: $39.7 billion (1.5 percent)
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